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Fox, AP hype Duke coach's purported criticism of Obama, ignore praise

March 19, 2009 9:50 am ET by Jamison Foser

Fox and the Associated Press are hyping a statement by Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski that President Obama should focus on fixing the economy, not trying to predict NCAA tournament results:

"Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said from the Blue Devils' first-round site in Greensboro, N.C.

But Krzyzewski was smiling as he said that, and his very next words -- not reported by the AP or Fox -- were "Why would I care about that? I love the guy, and I think he's gonna be great."

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    • Author by magnolialover (March 19, 2009 10:13 am ET)
         
      And really, how long does it take to fill out a stupid bracket for the tournament anyway? For me, normally about 20 minutes. Look, the President is a busy man, but there has to be some downtime in there for well, anyone, because you can't work all of the time.

      All work and no play, blah, blah, blah...

      Funny how we never really heard much about how GW Bush liked to get to work around 9, take a couple of hours for lunch (so he could work out), and then, you know, get back to the residence around 6PM. Tough day he had there.
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    • Author by mk3872 (March 19, 2009 10:22 am ET)
         
      Humpf ... The ridiculous TMZ style of our MSM and press is depressing. They are forever stuck in campaign-style quote-chopping gotcha mode.
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    • Author by harley (March 19, 2009 10:42 am ET)
         

       

      As I commented in a previous thread, Holy Joe was "outraged" about this as well this morning.    The MSM is so afraid of the conservative movement, they are not going out of their way to criticize every miniscule detail of President Obama.

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    • Author by 1st Republic 14th Star (March 19, 2009 11:43 am ET)
         
      The CNN main page link to this story was "coach lashes out at Obama." The I read the innocuous story, including the quotes from Coach K, and I thought "talk about hype."
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